Responsible Travel

Our commitment

When
Pam and I started Off the Beaten Path in 1985, we based our
approach to travel on the passion we had for the Rockies—its people,
land, and communities. We wanted to share with our friends the full
richness of all our travel territories, through the sense of discovery,
belonging, neighborliness, and understanding that loosely called
“responsible travel.” Little did we know that this would today become
the preferred way of operating in the adventure travel world. While Off
the Beaten Path may well have coined the term “responsible travel,” we
believe we must continue to be at the forefront of how this concept is
actually realized. To do that, we have to demonstrate, in all that we
do, that we care: about people and their cultures and beliefs, about
the environment, about the communities in which we work, and about
providing meaningful journeys for our guests that will help them be
informed travelers—and maybe even change their lives. We strive to give
back at least as much as we take, to offer our travelers the
opportunity to discover and learn, and to leave no trace.

Going
forward, we are committed to constantly improving our programs,
operations, and methods of communication so that we are a sustainable
part of the social and natural worlds in which we live and conduct our
business. This is “responsible travel,” and we’re proud to be leaders
in the movement.